XM - Sirius merger stock question?

Question

Once the merger goes through, any thoughts on stocks rising?

To be ahead of the game should one buy into Sirius or XM?

Answer 1

Go to Cramer's street.com site - he's published extensively on this and most of the experts regard it as a pure speculative play. The business has been damaged by the almost 600 day intential political power play delay.  For the long term I'm a fan - the quality is excellent.  Price point will be key.  Best of luck with your decision.

Answer 2

We're in a bear market.

Answer 3

I wouldn't buy either.  Sirus has a larger subscriber base, but it also has an enormous debt to Howard Stern.  If the FTC keeps s******g around with this then they will both go under.

Answer 4

This is as about as exciting as Circuit City and Blockbuster getting together.

Both companies are laden with debt, declining subscribers and both near bankruptcy.

They will prob merge, but I don't think they will make it long term.  I think pay sat radio will go the way of Beta Max.

Sold out of XM last December 07. No hope for Sirius in my view.

"It's a dog with fleas."

-- Wall Street (1987)

If you have a gain, or close to it, sell on any strength, or prepare for a tax loss.

Just look at their financials. Losses Losses Losses. So a combined merger? Combined losses, elimination of competition, but there has not been a mass movement toward this industry as once thought.

Look at the auto manufactures. They are pre-installing fewer sat radios, less CD players, and have moved to more ipod hook ups, and flash memory devices. I think AAPL will far more benifit than even a combined XM-Sirius merger.